By 2010, Ms. Taylor's condition had deteriorated to the point that she required a wheelchair to go more than a short distance and was suffering pain from muscle deterioration. She required home support for assistance with the daily ...
The proposal to establish what Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes called a hospital “ Ethics Committee ” gave a major impetus to a new Robert M. Veatch . “ Hospital Ethics Committees : Is There A Role ? ” Abridged from The Hasting Center ...
In 2004 Houston doctors diagnosed thirtytwo-year-old Todd Krampitz with liver cancer and told him a transplant was his only chance to survive. Krampitz and his family decided to bypass the transplant waiting list.
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Written by Australia’s foremost nursing ethics scholar, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective comprehensibly addresses the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities nurses will encounter in practice. With a strong emphasis on the...
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Sperm banks provide the same opportunity for selecting a future child's characteristics. One difference, however, is that most egg donors come with pictures and profiles, while sperm donors only provide basic genetic characteristics.
Andrews, L.B., 'Genes and patentpolicy: rethinkingintellectual property rights', Nature ReviewsGenetics 2002; 3:803–8. 6. Goldman, B.,'HER2: thepatent“genee” isoutof the bottle', Journal 2007; 176: 1443–4; Barrett, of the Canadian ...
Wade, and sometimes simply as Roe. It can be found using the citation 410 U.S. 113. U.S. indicates that it is a United States Supreme Court case. These cases, much like cases from other courts, are collected in a case reporter.
While some experts hold that ethics consultation should never involve voting (Fletcher and Hoffman 1994; Moss and Glover 2006), almost half of ECSs used this method at least some of the time. And while the need for evaluation of ethics ...
Although relying on professional knowledge, professional judgment involves substantially more than the application of mere 'technical knowledge' (Coles 2002: 5). Rather it encompasses what Coles (2002: 5) describes, quoting Carr (1995: ...
The Assyrians employed rye ergot, an element ofthe fungus Claviceps purpurea, which contains mycotoxins. Rye ergot was used by Assyria to poison the wells of their enemies, with limited success. Hellebore, a plant with powerful ...
Vaughn offers a hybrid of text, readings and cases to provide a current, accessible introdution to the philosophical, medical, scientific, social and legal aspects of key bioethics issues.
Bioethics: Legal and Clinical Case Studies is a case-based introduction to ethical issues in health care.
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A spin-off publication of Health Law: Cases, Materials & Problems, 5th Edition, this casebook considers several subjects related to interdisciplinary health care decision-making issues, including research upon human subjects and...
Before concluding this chapter, some comment is required on the less 'exotic' issue of 'everyday' moral problems in nursing practice. As already stated, nurses have to deal with ethical issues every day. The nursing ethics literature ...
Megan-Jane Johnstone is Professor of Nursing and Director of the Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research at Deakin University, Australia.
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